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“The activist who caused a $314 million temporary plunge in Whitehaven Coal’s share price could face 10 years in jail “

If he is a Christian engaged in civil disobedience, Jonathan is bound by his faith to meekly accept whatever punishment the powers that be mete out, for “The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. Iif you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.” Romans 13:4, (New Living Translation)

Better feed him to the lions just like what the Romans have done to the Christians.

Janice replied to Anthony
Thu 10 Jan 13 (05:03pm)

Quite so.

Les replied to Anthony
Thu 10 Jan 13 (05:28pm)

A stint in the Armed forces should be part of his reward & enable him to see what we can see now.

Habib replied to Anthony
Thu 10 Jan 13 (06:13pm)

No thanks, we don’t want criminal hippies if it’s all the same to you. We’d rather have intelligent young people with a commitment to national interest and an understanding of personal responsibility and the difference between right or wrong.

If God truly has a sense of humor, then the judge he gets will have been heavily invested in Whitehaven.

RebeccaH replied to Anthony
Fri 11 Jan 13 (05:03am)

He doesn’t look like he’d make much of a mouthful for the lions. That boy needs a good feed himself, by the looks of him.

EndGame replied to Anthony
Fri 11 Jan 13 (11:13am)

Look like Little Johnny is suffering stress wondering what he has actually unleashed and what the retribution will be if you look at the circles under his eyes. He now has a tag that will live with him for the rest of his life as a complete loser.

I’d be fascinated to know what his source of income is. As I understand it he’s been sitting in the bush for about 10 months.

If, and I’m not suggesting this is the case, he’s on the dole, how would he meet the requirements to look for work?

He was an excellent student too! ... Student welfare officer Jonathan Moylan was hauled before the university’s student discipline committee on 2 December 2008 for critical emails accusing the university of “environmental vandalism” ...
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Lank finds another Gandhi replied to GT1911
Thu 10 Jan 13 (03:01pm)

‘Poor’ JM wrote ...

“In May 2007, I was arrested for the first time with 15 other people for peacefully holding a banner on the construction site of the third coal terminal in the world’s largest coal export port, Newcastle.
Due to my low income, I received legal aid and was well represented.
Today, farmers, horse breeders and doctors young and old are peacefully resisting coal and gas expansion.
Like Gandhi and Martin Luther King before them, they are castigated now but will be heroes in the future, because they are upholding our right to survival, to clean water, air and food and to avoiding a global climate catastrophe.”

This is such a great tale, with all the elements required for a hit movie or at the very least a TV series. Perhaps Our ABC would be interested. Oh, wait, it wouldn’t “want to profit” from such an endeavour. Odd how for the progressives who infest the organisation “personal profit” was one of the first things that came to mind. It would not have occurred to most of us that that was Jonathan’s intention, but there you go.

He lives off my taxes and I’m sick of it. I’m officially on a profit strike. I will open my business enough hours to pay the bills but not make a profit, because that is evil. The government will get no tax and go broke. Jonathon will get no dole and starve to death, yay.

AndyG55 replied to GT1911
Thu 10 Jan 13 (07:28pm)

IQ is a measure of potential. He has chosen NOT to use his.

somebody had to ask replied to GT1911
Fri 11 Jan 13 (02:36am)

“JM ‘works’ as a linguist.”

Ah, but is he cunning?

John 21:9
As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Precisely! As the Greentards are wont to tell us, money is a mere means of achieving satisfaction, and the politics of the warm inner glow are just as a pursuit of satisfaction as more self-interested endeavours - but perhaps less honest.

Marko replied to John E
Thu 10 Jan 13 (05:36pm)

Exactly - it’s self-aggrandisment.

carbon worker replied to John E
Fri 11 Jan 13 (09:22am)

Obtain benefit by deception.

One of the many, many laws the current crop of police seem very reluctant to enforce against left wingers and effeminate muslim plastic crate swingers.

This person, going by appearance, would have at the very least a doctorate in the care and maintenance of disposable diapers, so let us show some respect people.
There is years of harrowing experience etched in that wizened countenance as seen by the vacuous and slightly punch drunk look.
Far from charging the fool for what he has done to the stock market, he should be forced to earn the money back in the real world, if they could find him a job in the private sector.
That may take a while.

Actually Dave, they had the whole world except for the “apple”.
In a moderate climate with no storms who needs clothes?

Sorry, but while self profit might not have been the motivation, a lot of harm to the company and potentially its investors certainly was. He deserves the maximum penalty in order to make sure that some other bright eyed idiot doesn’t consider doing the same thing again.

There is a simple [& inexpensive] solution. Instead of this going to court/legal action costing time & money, - - sorry folks, I’ve just ‘cut’ about two paragraphs of what I thought was suitable punishment for JM, BUT, I realised “Wolfy, you can’t do that, you’re too civilised”.

Same goes for the juvenile arsonists who started that fire in western Sydney.

No problem there either

The Old Testament has even better stories of coal saving lives. Ask Moses.

The Egyptian sorcerers were present [when Moses donned Pharaoh’s crown] and they said, “We are concerned that this [child] who is removing your crown and placing it on his head shouldn’t be the one whom we have foretold will seize the reins of monarchy from you.”

Some of them were advising to behead him; others advised to burn him. Jethro [Moses’ future father-in-law] was sitting among the advisors. He argued that the child had no intelligence [and no omen should be associated with his harmless child’s-play with the crown].

“Test him,” he said. “Bring in front of him a plate of gold and glowing coals. If he reaches for the gold, that is a sign that he has intelligence, and we will execute him. If, however, he reaches for the [bright and glowing] coals, then he is without intelligence, and is not deserving if death.”

They brought [the plate] in front of [Moses], and he immediately reached for the gold. The angel Gabriel came and pushed his hand, and he grabbed the coal. [As is the nature of children,] he [instinctively] shoved his hand – together with the coal – into his mouth, and his tongue was burnt.

From this Moses became “heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue.”

If it happened today, the Greens would accuse baby Moses of disproportionate force and be calling for boycotts.

minr correction: that passage is out of the midrash - not the old testament.

Uniting Church affiliation does not one a Christian make. They barely believe in Christ at all.

Funny how someone who would most likely only use the name of Christ as a curse, is trying to make some symbolic connection between himself and Jesus. Or at least his followers are.

He is not prepared to ‘drink the cup’ though. He doesn’t want to suffer for his cause. But I guess when you’re not actually God and only think you are, you don’t quite have the courage of your convictions.

Hopefully, he will have some convictions soon; leading to a jail term!

John from Bundoora replied to Perplexed of Brisbane
Thu 10 Jan 13 (05:29pm)

Ah! the Uniting Church you say? This explains it, they are the unofficial religious arm of the ALP/Greens.

Ever notice how many times the Uniting Church criticise Abbott or the Liberal or Nationals in various national newspapers? and parrot or praise the ALP or Greens lines? Uniting Church archbishops screech man made global warming more than anyone else.

AMYONE associated with the Uniting Church who gets into politics joins Labor.

Uniting Church = Labor and all their anti-conservative, pro-Green ideologies.

Thanks for the info. I’d never made the direct connection between them. It makes sense though.

Bob replied to Perplexed of Brisbane
Mon 14 Jan 13 (11:46am)

Well technically all protestant and their variations are heretics anyway, having betrayed the Pope, Spain and the King.

So a crime isn’t a crime unless there is a personal profit, suggests the ABC. Taking that logic to its inevitable conclusion, the ABC thinks Snowtown’s bodies in a barrel was a crime because the killers stood to gain financially, but the Port Arthur massacre wasn’t.

They could also have a debate about how many angels could dance on Moylan’s pin head.

Self righteousness knows no era - it is part of the human condition. These days it oozes a sickly shade of green and ostentatiously shuns the benefits of the modern age, whilst hypocritically using its technology against it. (I note said warrior has a nasty plastic computer with even nastier metals inside it but no doubt it runs on a solar panel which we all know is made from fairy dust).

Does this mean that I could hold up a corner store at gunpoint, give all the proceeds to the Uniting Church, and still face jail even though I had no intention of personally profiting from my actions?

Dr F - Perhaps you could copy Green Party letterhead and prior to the next election send it out ... with wording to the effect that they no longer believe that coal generates sufficient CO2 to significantly alter climate and that if they get into government they will build new coal stations, abolish the ‘carbon’ tax and subsidise all mining ventures.

Dr Faustus replied to Dr Faustus
Fri 11 Jan 13 (08:33am)

Looks as though Tim liked your idea, Lank.

Bloody ABC! Who else heard the Kate Ellis spin this morning about proposed changes to compulsory voting?
Why was what she said THE NEWS when it was the Coalition that made the anouncement about reviewing it all.
See how they do it, give no air to what the Libs do, but focus on what the Left says.
I am SO over it all and frustrated to hell!

Mr Moylan is clearly an idealistic brainwashed fool. However, he also appears to be well educated, intelligent and articulate and would be well aware of the impact his fraudulent activities would have on the financial markets. He should therefore face a significant term of imprisonment. But, more importantly, we need to address why a whole generation of Australians have become such mindless drones to the Greens. Are they even aware their “environmental concern” is being manipulated by a socialist/communist political agenda? I call on everyone to start referring to the Greens as a cult, rather than a political party, as Christine Milne is a typical example of a cult leader using brainwashed devotees as cannon fodder.

One day this dreamer will eventually grow up and possibly, just maybe have to get a job. When he realises that he can’t survive on the dole anymore unless he still wants to bunk in and live with all his no hoper, greenie, hippie mates in that stinking dive they call a collective co-habitation, eco friendly new age living arrangement.

What will his CV look like and how will he present himself to a prospective employer (not CentreLink for once). Dressed in his best looking hemp weave outfit.
Previous experience:
Very active in civil disobedience.
Able to manipulate a down turn in the stock market with a single email or fax.
I pity these people. When will they grow up and realise there are consequences to their crazy ill conceived green plans?